parker said:Actually, my disgust goes well beyond people who have cosmetic surgery. I'm against a culture that preys upon people's insecurities, that tells them over and over again that's there's something wrong with them that needs to be fixed rather than telling them they should be satisfied with themselves. I'm tired of a culture that tells me what the definition of beauty is, what the definition of success is, and what the definition of happiness is.
I concede I don't have to deal with many of the things that get other people worried (got the nice car, house, etc.), and am considered very handsome by the ladies (I'm not trying to boast, it's just relevant to this posting). However, I consider my attitude towards those things to be much more important than what I have or don't have. To certain extent we are all conformists, and so I wouldn't claim that I completely lack those tendancies. But I have another trait which is much stronger: the one that makes me question everything I see, the one that tells me to insist upon thinking for myself rather than blindly accept what others tell me. So when I hear somebody say she needs surgery to be attractive, my first reaction is not that she'd doing the right thing but rather that she must have some sort of self-image problem. I have no problem with someone who does little things to look better, (I myself like to take good care of myself, dress fairly nicely, etc), but... getting an operation? Just to get a few more glances when walking down the street? No thanks. Tell the surgeon to put away the knife; there's less drastic ways to boost a girl's confidence (and as many people will agree, nothing's more attractive than someone who exudes an air of confidence).
I think I'll give this topic a rest for now... really I could babble on for pages.
I am not trying to start a verbal fight with you. But after reading your reply my first thought is...what an insenstiive, self righteous, person you sound like.
You say you are very handsome. Not attractive. Not okay. Not even handsome; but VERY handsome. So you haven't a fucking clue what it is like not to be attractive. And here you type that others that wish to feel better about themselves 'disgust' you?
Why should you alter yourself just to get a few MORE glances walking down the street?, you type. Maybe, some of these women would like to get just one glance. Something you take so for granted, maybe they dream of. I am not talking about implants here. I'm talking about a woman that is losing her hair and gets a transplant. I am talking about a woman with terrible acne when she was younger and getting a peel. i am talking about a woman who has been fat her whole life and gets liposuction. What if she was the ugly duckling at school who just once wants to feel genuinely pretty?
And you say that you are tired of a culture that tells you what beuaty is? What a hipocrit. Then you turn around and say that women say your very handsome. You obviously care what they say.
Your like a wealthy man complaining why people try so desperately hard to make money.
Try being ugly for a while and get used to the way people react to you and then sit there and type that people who go to such links 'disgust' you.
You know what pal, your lack of sensitivity and arrogance somewhat disgusts me.